8 h. ago WES STREETING: 'NHS tech upgrade will be a revolution for cancer care'

WES Streeting says plans to upgrade NHS cancer care from a service “fax machines” to ground breaking new technology will be a “revolution” for millions of patients.

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8 h. ago Millions of cancer patients promised faster diagnosis with help of new tech tool

The tool, called Cancer 360, brings cancer patients’ data into one central system and is to be rolled out soon, the DHSC said.

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5 d. ago Wes Streeting says big NHS change will save patients money 'and there's much more to come'

Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Mirror why he's keeping prescription charges below a tenner after a decade of rises under the Tories, to help with the cost of living crisis

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6 d. ago NHS app has helped to save 1.5 million appointments from cancellation

Sir Keir Starmer said his Government’s moves to speed up the rollout was leading the NHS out of the ‘dark ages’.

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9 d. ago Wes Streeting wants 'private spaces for trans people to be cared for in NHS hospitals' after Supreme Court ruling on women caused 'palpable anxiety'

The health secretary said transgender people could be treated in private rooms and admitted wishing he had listened earlier to the debate around single-sex spaces.

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9 d. ago Transgender people could be treated in private NHS rooms, Wes Streeting says

The Health Secretary said there is ‘palpable anxiety’ among trans people about their rights and dignity.

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1 week ago Blood test trial offers ‘exciting new era in cancer detection’

Scientists are assessing a blood test which can detect 12 different cancers.

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1 week ago Stephen Mangan: ‘With three people in a bed, who goes in the middle?’

The Split actor and children’s author on throuples, using his sons as a focus group, and running the London marathonStephen Mangan, 56, was born in Enfield to Irish parents. He studied law at Cambridge but took a year out to care for his mother, who died of colon cancer aged 45. Weeks after her death, he successfully auditioned for Rada and went on to become a stage actor. His TV breakthrough came in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years. He has since starred in Green Wing, Episodes and The Split. He co-hosts Landscape and Portrait Artist of the Year on Sky Arts, and a weekly show on Classic FM. He is currently appearing in throuple comedy Unicorn in the West End and is the author of six bestselling children’s books. His seventh is out in May.Your sister Anita illustrates your books. What’s it like working with a sibling? Great fun. Essentially we’re trying to make each other laugh, like we have done since childhood. But because I’m her annoying older brother, I deliberately put things ...

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2 w. ago Cancer care in the UK is at 'breaking point' and lagging behind other countries because of 'gross mismanagement', experts warn

Delayed cancer treatment has become 'the deadly norm' and no improvements will be made without radical change, the leading doctors say.

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3 w. ago NHS meets key cancer target amid warning that patients still face delays to care

The overall waiting list for treatment also fell for the sixth consecutive month.

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3 w. ago People who are violent or abusive to NHS staff because they think they have a 'right' to access health care should be turned away, Wes Streeting warns

The health secretary pledged to keep staff safe at work by enforcing a 'zero tolerance' approach and making the reporting of violent incidents mandatory.

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3 w. ago NHS access ‘does not come with licence to abuse staff’, says Wes Streeting

The Health Secretary pledged to ‘act to keep NHS staff safe at work’ by making the reporting of violent incidents mandatory.

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3 w. ago Wes Streeting promises 'zero tolerance' to violence against NHS staff in key speech

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting will say 'no one should go to work fearing violence' as he addresses Unison union's annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday

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3 w. ago Womb transplants could become available on the NHS after the first child in the UK was born following the 'breakthrough' procedure, Wes Streeting reveals

Just four womb transplants have been conducted in the UK so far but each was fully funded by the charity Womb Transplant UK.

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3 w. ago Streeting signals support for prostate screening if backed by evidence

The UK’s National Screening Committee is currently assessing whether or not a national screening programme should be rolled out.

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3 w. ago NHS England job cuts down to ‘failure of the system’, Streeting says

The Health Secretary also said reports suggesting the cuts could cost up to £1 billion is not an ‘unreasonable ballpark figure’.

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3 w. ago How Trisha Goddard's medical team are managing her palliative care while in the CBB house

Trisha Goddard will be receiving palliative care while in the Celebrity Big Brother house as she continues her battle with terminal breast cancer.

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3 w. ago Trisha Goddard explains palliative care plan in Celebrity Big Brother house amid cancer battle

Trisha Goddard has opened up about her cancer diagnosis while in the Celebrity Big Brother house, telling her housemates that she is receiving palliative care

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3 w. ago Womb transplant baby a ‘medical breakthrough’, says Streeting

The procedure could ‘possibly’ be available on the NHS in the future, the Health Secretary also said.

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3 w. ago Baby girl makes history as first child born in the UK from a transplanted womb

The news gives hope to thousands of women born without a womb or whose womb fails to function.

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